The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – April 2023 short story competition was as follows: *** Cold Feet Why did he have to propose? I had an inkling that he was up to something, I mean he’s been up to a lot of things lately – quitting his high-paying corporate job to “have a life” which has only amounted
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for January 2022 (which was their inaugural First Friday Fix) was writing a 50-word story on the theme of NEW BEGINNINGS. *** Day One Now is the time, Now is the day, Now or never, Now is right. Now is the New Year, Now is Day One, Now is
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for August 2022 was three creative writing exercises to write three scenes, focusing on showing not telling. *** Ruined Plans Everyone was talking about their plans for the evening at work all day. Some planned on getting cozy in beds and reading, some cozy on their couch and watching
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for November 2022 was writing the ending to three micro stories. ***
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Rehearsal I hate running the school play. All the kids were together on stage, sitting at a dining table set with mostly fake but some real food. They were getting restless as we’d been rehearsing all morning and it was nearly lunchtime, so
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for July 2022 was to write a 50-word story using three of the five following ingredients: a lettuce leaf, a rubber duck, a pair of roller skates, a garden gnome, and/or a banana. My story can be found below. *** How to Make Rubber Duck Salad To make rubber
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre’s (AWC) First Friday Fix for April 2022 was to write a 50-word story that takes place on an aeroplane and had to begin with dialogue. My story can be found below. *** Rough Landing “Are you a nervous flyer?” “Is it that obvious?” “Only because I used to be like that.” “You? You’re
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – September 2022 short story competition was as follows: *** Left Behind For fifty days the bushfire raged on, burning away everything in its path. Once an emergency had been declared, everyone started to flee. Not everyone, humans and animals included, made it out. Some had died and others were stuck, slowly trying
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) First Friday Fix for May 2022 was to write the same scene using THREE different POV styles and that it should tell the story of a thief stealing cookies from a jar. This story is clearly longer than 50 words, however the prompt didn’t mention that it needed to be 50 words
Read moreThe prompt for the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) First Friday Fix for February 2022 was to write a 50-word story based on the title ‘It Takes Two’. My response can be found below: *** It Takes Two Yes, I ruined the company Christmas party. No, I didn’t do it on my own. Yes, I broke Keith’s arm, but I did
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